how do i install grub?

**djmihow** · 02-25-2004, 04:50 AM

ok i think i have lilo installed (it looks like a dos screen very old school looking)

i dual boot windows 2000, and Knoppix. what do i have to do to get grub installed instead of lilo?

**rickenbacherus** · 02-25-2004, 06:36 AM

Code:

apt-get install grub grub-doc

grub-install /dev/hda

Then you need to create grub a configuration file.

Code:

touch /boot/grub/menu.lst

xedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

I presume you have windows on the first hard disk. Try this in menu.lst
(edit accordingly for your own kernel)

Code:

timeout 10

title 2.6.3
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3 ro root=/dev/hdb1 nomce vga=791 

title Wimpdows
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
savedefault

**djmihow** · 02-25-2004, 06:52 AM

thanks

my setup goes as

Harddrive 1

Hda1 = Windows 2000

Hdc1 = Knoppix

**rickenbacherus** · 02-25-2004, 07:44 AM

Well then it looks like you have everything you need except the kernel version:

uname -r

Oh and don't forget to do a little reading on grub. There are some key issues you need to understand before you will truly understand grub and I see no need to reproduce the docs here as they have already been written.

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-faq.en.html